Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mauritian of British origin


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The result was merge to Demographics of Mauritius. (non-admin closure) buidhe 00:09, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Mauritian of British origin

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Subject doesn't appear to meet WP:GNG. One of the two sources cited establishes that there is a small community of British immigrants in Mauritius, but says nothing about Mauritians of British origin. The other source is a guidance document for British nationals living in Mauritius. A search hasn't revealed any other potential sources. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:08, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:08, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mauritius-related deletion discussions. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:08, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:08, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, buidhe</b> 22:47, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. This article harkens back to a certain style of article we used to see more of at WP:AFD -- the "Fooian Barian" ethnicity article. These articles would explain that Fooian Barians are people living in the country of Bar whose ancestry is from the country of Foo, that they speak the primary languages of Bar and Foo, they are found in the major cities of Bar, and practice the most common religions of Foo and Bar, but didn't provide any information the reader couldn't have guessed from the article title. The only nonobvious statement in this article is that 1% of the Mauritian population is of British descent -- but that statement isn't supported by either of its cited sources. It might seem to make sense to redirect this to White Mauritians, but that article is currently up for speedy deletion itself. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 23:11, 12 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge. I think it would make sense if this article was merged with White Mauritanians into Demographics of Mauritius to gain WP:GNG --Zoozaz1 (talk)
 * I'd agree with that if reliable sources could be found that discuss Mauritians of British ancestry,, but I'm not sure they exist. Apparently the Mauritian census doesn't ask about ethnicity, so even basic figures are hard to come by. Cordless Larry (talk) 18:03, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I do agree that there are certainly very few sources on British Mauritanians, which is why they should not have their own article, but according to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 they do exist, and according to the census here there is a significant population whose parents spoke English and who belong to the Church of England, all of which lead me to believe that there is some sort of British community on the island. We could include a sentence on the Demographics of Mauritius saying just that there is a small British community on the island and delete this article. User:Zoozaz1 (talk)
 * These sources are about a slightly different topic, though: British migrants to Mauritius, rather than Mauritians of British ancestry (although I suppose some of the former are likely to be naturalised Mauritian citizens). Cordless Larry (talk) 19:18, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's a fair point, I suppose we could delete it, although I would still prefer a mention in passing on the demographics page (maybe when it talks about Europeans). Zoozaz1 (talk)


 * Merge (smerge) with a very brief mention needed. Bearian (talk) 19:30, 17 April 2020 (UTC)


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